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Ain't That Unusual Bass Tab by The Goo Goo Dolls

Ain't That Unusual bass tab by The Goo Goo Dolls

Bass Tab

  • Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Band: Goo Goo Dolls
Song: Ain't That Unusual
Album: A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Tabbed for: Bass


Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm.


Intro:
                                                                  E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------7------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Verse:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
  Can you talk to me                  Honestly
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
Cuz I never heard a word you said now      And I ain't just being mean
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Pre-Chorus:

   E       F#        G#                E       F#        G#       F# E
  Cuz all we are is what we're told And most of that's been lies
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-------2-------|-4---------------|-0-------2-------|-4------4--2-0-0-|

   E       F#        G#                E       G#        F#
It's like a made for TV movie.     And I just blew my lines
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-------2-------|-4---------------|-0-------4-------|-2-------2-2-2-2-|


Chorus:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
Someday you never made it            and maybe you never will
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
  Hey, you never made it           It ain't that unusual
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Verse:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
  Now I feel unknown          And it's safe that way
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared. What's that supposed to mean
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Pre-Chorus:

   E       F#        G#                E       F#        G#       F# E
   I'm burnt out on some empty reasons        And other wastes of time
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-------2-------|-4---------------|-0-------2-------|-4------4--2-0-0-|

   E       F#        G#                E       G#        F#
  Something that I wish I'd said But   I don't think it rhymed
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0-------2-------|-4---------------|-0-------4-------|-2-------2-2-2-2-|


Chorus:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
Someday you never made it            and maybe you never will
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
  Hey, you never made it           It ain't that unusual
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Verse:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
  See I'd love to be you.          Least then I'd see you
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
   Sorry I put them words in your mouth but you wouldn't talk to me
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Solo:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-| x2
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|


Break:

   E       F#        G#                E
Everything I want I haven't got
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-4---------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|

   E       F#        G#                E
  Sick of everything I'm not
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-4---------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|

   E       F#        G#                E                 D# C# B   A#G#F#
Put my heavy coat on for a while
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6--4--2---------|
E|-2---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------|-----------6-4-2-|

   E       F#        G#                D#         C#     B          D#
It's freezing in the corner of my mind
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-6----------4----|-2----------1----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   C#      D#  G#        F# E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-6-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------4---|-4-4--2-0--------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                                  E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------7------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


Chorus:

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
Someday you never made it            and maybe you never will
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
  Hey, you never made it           It ain't that unusual
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E    G#      E         B
Someday you never made it            It ain't that unusual
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-4-------0-0-----|-----------------|

   G#      E         B      G# F# E      G#F#E C#B         G#
   It ain't that unusual
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---6-4-2---------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-2-2-------------|---------4--2----|-----------------|
E|-4-------0-0-----|--------4--2-0-0-|-----------------|---4-------------|

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The Goo Goo Dolls bass tabs for Aint that unusual

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This bass tab for Ain't That Unusual by The Goo Goo Dolls is suitable for players wanting a clear and accurate transcription. Tuning: Standard (E A D G). Focuses on developing solid timing and rhythmic pocket, essential for any aspiring bassist.